Silent Chance

Chapter 3. Back in the closet

Ooh look at this! Beginning authors notes, wow what a dramatic change. You will Probally catch the joke in the title but if not...... sucks to sucks, try not to reveal it soon. Any who, if you have ideas for the story or how to help me write the story, please share in the comments. Ok now to get straight *cough*gay*couch* to the

Harry starts to wake up; slowly opening his eyes, he takes in the tiny room. The room he was in was almost as small as he was, it was dark but his newly adjusted eyes saw a string attached to a light bulb. He pulls on the string, letting his eyes readjust to the light again, taking in his surrounding once more,' The cupboard? How did I get in here?' Suddenly, his memories come flooding in with a start, giving him a headache and making him take a few minutes to regain his composure. When he does, he hears, and feels, a large man coming down the stairs and stopping right in front of his door. It opens quickly and the man, Vernon, starts to yell, " You better get your ass up and make us breakfast freak. And don't even try to take any for your own, got it?" Harry just nods his head, incapable of saying anything anyway. Vernon then slams the door and stomps away.  Harry stretches and realizes that he must have gotten a beating last night making his body quite sore with bruises only where clothes could cover, Vernon's doing of course.

He walks out and makes his way into the kitchen, grabbing the ingredients and starting to make a traditional English breakfast, making sure to watch it carefully so it doesn't burn. 'Getting beat a lot sure does give a good incentive for cooking food correctly,' Harry thought bitterly. Setting the heat to low, he starts to set the table quickly to not give Vernon a chance to do anything that might harm him more. Luck, unfortunately, was never on Harry's side, as Dudley came barreling in, knocking into Harry's side and making him drop the plate he was holding. Harry watches the plate fall with a pained and scared expression.

The sound of porcelain breaking sounds throughout the house.

He gets down on his knees quickly and tries to clean the plate up before Vernon can get in the kitchen. This, however, is not what happens. Vernon steps into the kitchen and looks at Harry and the broken plate, his face starts turning purple and he starts to scream at Harry. "LOOK WHAT YOU DID BOY. YOU BROKE ONE OF PETUNIAS PLATES. I BET YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE DIDN'T YOU!" Not giving Harry the chance to reply, which he couldn't do, he starts again," NO FOOD FOR A WEEK, AND YOUR GETTING AN EXTRA BEATING TONIGHT FREAK! He swiftly kicks Harry in the side, making one of his ribs break with a sickening crack. Harry sharply inhales, knowing if he cried out, it would get a lot worse than it already is. Getting up slowly and painfully, he goes over to the kitchen and quickly serves them the food he slaved over and makes his way back to the closet, or as he knows it, his room. He sits down, taking in another pained breath from his rib shifting and starts silently crying.

He calms down enough to heal his rib with wand and wordless magic, something he learned from his past(future?) life. During this, he looks over his body to see if anything needs to be done. Harry realizes that his body was way too skinny for a normal eleven year old; 'It's gonna take months if nutrient potions to get back up to a healthy weight'. After checking his body and healing things that need it, he starts to make a plan on how to escape. 'I'm going to need to go to Gringotts and get some money. I wonder if DumbleBitch is stealing money from me already?' After planning on how to escape( I'm lazy; shut it) his door opens and he gets dragged out, "Get up boy, you have a long list of chores that need to be done before 10:00." Harry gets up and starts on his chore list, hoping to get it done quickly to start his plan as soon as possible. He gets to start on the chores and, with a little help from magic, gets all of his chores done before 10; Harry now waits in his closet for his inevitable beating, he hears footsteps approaching and braces himself for the worst.

The cupboard door gets slammed open and Harry gets grabbed by his hair and tossed out. Tears start forming in his eyes,' this is not going to be fun,' he can smell the alcohol on Vernon and finds himself getting pummeled with huge fists. He lays there, hoping it would end soon; Vernon suddenly stops his barrage, but Harry hears him start to unbuckle his belt. Harry's eyes go wide and fill with fear as he tries to back away.  His hair gets grabbed and he lets out a sob; getting thrown down again, Vernon starts to hit Harry's back with the belt, he tries to scream but is unable to due to the deal. Vernons reign of terror finally ends with a kick to Harry's head, knocking him unconscious. He gets thrown into the cupboard with no care and left there to bleed.